Of course, we are in Oklahoma and the kids can pray, sing Christmas carols and are taught phonics, real math, and must diagram sentences.
Sounds like a slice of the fifties.
It kind of is! I love it here and so do the kids.
I know how independent homeschoolers prefer to be, but here's the best advice on learning English: Learn Latin and translate into English. Latin is best tool --bar none-- for access to our language.